It should have been a wonderful amenity, enjoyed by smiling visitors to the picturesque south Wexford coast. Instead a crumbling bar and leisure centre at the heart of a community of holiday homes is something reminiscent of a YouTube video from an abandoned war-torn city and has been described as “an absolute death-trap”.
Despite council housing officials previously stating that they didn’t believe it was a major concern, the issue of absentee council tenants raised its head once again at the July meeting of Wexford County Council.
A collection of new writing celebrating and reflecting on life in the Coolcotts area of Wexford town has been launched in the town library. Commissioned by Wexford Libraries and funded by the Creative Ireland, Creativity in Older Age scheme, Our FABulous Place features a collection of stories documenting the social history of the estates of Ferndale, Ashfield and Belvedere, told by those who moved into the area in the late 1970s